Minoti Desai

Minoti Desai (born 15 March 1968) is a former Test and One Day International cricketer who represented India. She is a left-handed batsman and bowls left-arm orthodox. She has only played one Test and one ODI for India, both against England in June 1986.

Minoti Desai

Personal information
Full name	Minoti Desai
Born	(1968-03-15) 15 March 1968 Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nickname	Choti, Maddy, Monty
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm spin
Role	Batter
International information
National side	India
Only Test (cap 31)	26 June 1986 v England
Only ODI (cap 32)	22 June 1986 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI Matches 1 1 Runs scored 56 – Batting average 28.00 – 100s/50s 0/1 – Top score 54 – Balls bowled 18 – Wickets 0 – Bowling average – – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling – – Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 28 April 2020

She holds the national record for highest score ( 150 ) runs in the finals of senior national tournament; playing for Indian railways in 1988 Chennai Nationals she scored 150 runs against Karnataka. She also holds record for being the Best batswoman in three consecutive Junior nationals in the years 1985 -1987. She is the only woman cricketer who has been captain of both Senior and Junior combined Indian university teams. In her captaincy junior combined university team was National champion in 1987 kottayam nationals. She was employed by western railways -she left railways in the year 1992 to play for her own state Madhya pradesh and Central zone. Under her captaincy MP was winner in Senior nationals held at Delhi in 1993. She retired from cricket at the age of 25 years. She is currently working for ministry of finance.